Making CryptoAssault a Great Strategy Game

An overview of the gameplay

You know that scene in Boogie Nights where Burt Reynolds’ says “We’re making real movies now”. That’s what I think about as we’re making CryptoAssault. Anyways…

I wanted to give a quick overview of the game. I like to think of it as a real-time Civ MMO. Ok maybe you haven’t played Civ so let me explain further: What if you were warring over a large persistent world that never ended? We previously created War of Nations on iOS/Android several years ago and I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on the strategy MMO genre since it came out. Since then games like Game of War have expanded things quite a bit. This time around, I want to get back to what the genre is all about: I want to make the combat understandable, deeper and more tactical. You should be able to look at the map of your units and the enemy’s units and have a bunch of hard decisions about what your next move is.

Game Overview

In CryptoAssault, a huge continent with thousands of players awaits divided into an isometric grid. First you’ll purchase unit packs in the store. You deploy units onto the coast and begin moving them around. Don’t be afraid to deploy your units! If they die, they’ll just take a few hours to repair and then they’ll be ready to deploy again. There are resources littered around the map that you need to mine in order to upgrade your units. Ground units will need to path find around trees, rivers, mountains and other ground units while flying units will be able to fly over these obstacles. However flying units mine resources very slowly, so there are trade offs.

The world is divided into separate “rings” so as you journey towards the center, the resources get better and better. My favorite thing right now is to setup a blockade with my allies at a choke point to deny others access to a ring. Cracking a blockade will take the right counter units. You may want to punch through the jeeps with your tanks or snipe the high ground artilleries with your helicopters. We want unit composition, position, and terrain to be the things that players weigh when making their decisions. Best of all, you’ll be playing for daily Ethereum rewards and that’s where things get really interesting…but more on that later.

Learn more about CryptoAssault

Make sure you’re a member of the CryptoAssault community on Discord. You’ll get early access and sneak peeks to all the latest info and you’ll be able to shape the game throughout development!

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